Tripura: Kokborok language to be used for official communication in TTAADC

AGARTALA: 

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) has ordered all offices in the Council to accept any application written in the indigenous language - Kokborok, with an aim to popularise Kokborok as an official language of the state. 

According to a notification issued on May 29, the TTAADC stated the Kokborok was declared an official language of Tripura with effect from January 19, 1979, through Tripura Gazette notification dated 17-01-1979. 

"In order to popularise Kokborok as an official language and for better communication between TTAADC administration and mass people in general, any application written in Kokborok must be entertained by all offices in TTAADC," the notification read. 

 Welcoming the move, The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) chief and royal scion Pradyot Manikya Debbarman on Wednesday tweeted, "Inside 100 days we have ensured that Kok Borok can be used for official communication for the Govt in the council. We are trying our best to change a system which has been insensitive to our sentiments. 1st step was to write the Council Bhawan in Kok Borok...more will follow."

(Edited by Ibankyntiew Mawrie)

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